Pink Peppermint Cookies Recipe

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After one delicious bite, youâ€™ll be unable to resist the temptation to eat several of these scrumptious, buttery holiday cookies topped with a glaze loaded with peppermint flavor.

Pink Peppermint Cookies Recipe (+)

Directions

Combine 1/2 cup of powdered sugar, 1 cup butter and 1/2 teaspoon of peppermint extract in a large mixer bowl.
Beat on medium speed, scraping down the sides of the bowl until creamy.
Lower the speed to low, add the flour and cornstarch.
Beat until well mixed.
Using your hands, form dough into a ball and wrap it in plastic wrap and refrigerate until firm, approximately 1 hour.
Heat oven to 350Â° F.
Shape dough into one inch balls and place one inch apart onto an ungreased cookie sheet.
With the bottom of a round glass, press each cookie down slightly.
Bake 12-15 minutes or until the edges are lightly browned.
All them to sit on the baking sheet for one minute before removing them to a cooling rack.
Combine the glaze ingredients in a small bowl.
Spread a small amount on top of each cookie.
Sprinkle immediately with crushed candy.

Container: baking sheets, mixer, smal mixing bowl

Prep Time: 30 minutes

Cook Time: 15 minutes

Serving Description: makes approximately 4 dozen

Ingredients

		COOKIES:
-		1/2 cup powdered sugar
-		1 cup unsalted butter - softened
-		1 1/4 cups flour
-		1/2 teaspoon peppermint extract
-		1/2 cup cornstarch

		GLAZE:
-		1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
-		2 tablespoons unsalted butter - melted
-		1/4 teaspoon peppermint extract
-		2 tablespoons milk
-		2 drops red food coloring
-		4 candy canes - crushed

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Submitted by: Forums Moderator
Date: 2008/12/19

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"There was a typo on the amount of flour on this recipe. We fixed the problem and the recipe reads correct. Sorry for the inconvenience!"

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Submitted by: RTMember4368
Date: 2008/12/18

"This recipe must be wrong. How can you get cookie dough consistency with all that butter, powdered sugar and only 1/2 tsp of flour? Could the flour and cornstarch be mixed up in the print? This felt like frosting. I tried to cook it anyway and I had a pan of melted butter and sugar. Yuck."

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